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Showing 1 to 20 of 80 for “"secondary care"”.
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Organization of primary care; Impact on avoidable secondary care
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Chronic kidney disease : comparing trends in primary and secondary care
… rates for CKD G3 patients in primary and secondary care groups to determine whether or not earlier referral should be supported. Methods We categorised 1,345 patients with stage G3 CKD into primary and secondary care and further subdivided secondary care into non-renal and renal groups. …
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Primary-secondary care collaboration in postgraduate training programmes. Bridging two worlds
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Medication error at the primary secondary care interface: costs, causes, consequences
… error is particularly common at the primary secondary care interface as patients move between hospital and the community. Developing interventions to reduce medication error (and in particular error at this interface in care) is currently an international priority. Existing interventions, …
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Towards implementation of pharmacogenomic-guided medicines optimisation for older patients in secondary care
… the potential of pharmacogenomic (PGx)-guided care for older patients in secondary care. Using a mixed methods approach, the study demonstrates the efficacy of PGx-guided care for patients aged 65 and above, identifies behaviour change techniques for healthcare professionals to successfully …
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PHYSICAL HEALTH CHECKS IN SERIOUS MENTAL ILLNESS: A PROGRAMME OF RESEARCH IN SECONDARY CARE
… social, behavioural and system (of care) risk factors. A lower than expected incidence of comorbidities in the health records of people with SMI in primary and secondary care in the United Kingdom [UK] points to considerable under-diagnosis and treatment and presents an opportunity …
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Development and validaton of an indicator to compare antibiotic usage in secondary care in England
… Medicines Management scores (AMS), Primary Care Trust (PCT) of origin of referral populations, PCT antibiotic prescribing rates, Index of Multiple Deprivation for each PCT. The DDD/FCE (Defined Daily Dose/FCE) was found to correlate with the DDD 100beddays (r = 0.74 p<O.O I) indicating this …
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Designing and Testing a Virtual Reality Intervention for Improving Patient Mental Health and Wellbeing in Secondary Care
… to improve mental health treatments in healthcare. Its immersive nature has demonstrated a compatibility with existing treatments for conditions such as anxiety. Besides research focusing on specific conditions, there is little research that looks at VRs influence on general wellbeing. While …
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Patients presenting to primary and secondary care with dermatological conditions in south-east Scotland with reference to the dermatological training of general practitioners
… of dermatological conditions in primary care. The primary care study aims were to assess the proportion and diagnostic profile of dermatological conditions seen in primary care in the southeast of Scotland, and to draw comparisons with secondary dermatological care. General practitioners …
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A clinical audit on the quality of care and the outcome of patients with pregnancy induced hypertension within a primary-secondary care pathway: the Wesfleur-New Somerset Hospital Axis, Cape Town, South Africa.
… This study aimed to determine the quality of care given to women diagnosed with Pregnancy Induced Hypertension (PIH) within a care pathway spanning peri-urban primary and urban secondary level facilities. Methods: This was a retrospective clinical audit of medical records of patients diagnosed …
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An Evaluation of Clinician Perception of a Novel Lifestyle Change Prescription Form (LRx) in Wales, UK.
… prescribing clinicians in both the primary and secondary health care settings in the Cwm Taf University Health Board, Wales, UK and to gauge clinician opinion on the use of such a novel material tool.<br/><br/>Objective: To establish the views of clinicians on the feasibility and effectiveness …
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Who is taking responsibility for the initial follow-up screening test for women with recent gestational diabetes?
… Participants for this study were primary health care or secondary care professionals who worked with women either during the pregnancy or in the postpartum period and were recruited via email invitation distributed by the New Zealand Nurses Organisation and the New Zealand Primary Health Care …
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Power, management and complexity in the NHS: a Foucauldian perspective
… of the discourse of managerialism in the NHS secondary care sector in Wales. Its central intent is to destabilise the dominant thinking about NHS management practice and to evoke intellectual debate about alternative discourses of management that ontologically perceive the organisation as a …
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Weight management and chronic disease
… is not a formal part of current practice in many secondary care clinics. While acknowledging the adverse health effects of obesity within their specialist areas, clinicians felt under-skilled and insufficiently resourced to provide effective management. 3) Improvements in iron status in …
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Exploring pharmacist prescribing in hospitals in Scotland, with a focus on antimicrobials.
… frameworks to support implementation of PP in secondary care in Scotland. Consensus-based research was undertaken, therefore, to provide guidance to facilitate service redesign involving PP in secondary care in Scotland. A Delphi approach undertaken with 40 experts, mainly in strategic posts, …
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New Zealand primary health care practice regarding compliance management of obstructive sleep apnoea treatment in heavy transport driver licence holders
… Also, with increasing pressure on specialists in secondary care, primary health care (PHC) providers are being encouraged to become more involved in the care and management of OSA in ‘at risk’ populations. AIM To find out how New Zealand PHC providers are managing OSA treatment of patients who …
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Medicines Reconciliation: Roles and Process. An examination of the medicines reconciliation process and the involvement of patients and healthcare professionals across a regional healthcare economy, within the United Kingdom.
Medication safety and improving communication at care transitions are an international priority. There is vast evidence on the scale of error associated with medicines reconciliation and some evidence of successful interventions to improve reconciliation. However, there is insufficient evidence on …
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The role of optometry in the delivery of eye health care in the European Union
… role of optometry in the delivery of eye healthcare in the UK is well recognised by the state and the British people. Optometry in Britain works very closely with medicine and is steadily moving forward as a profession complimentary to ophthalmology. However, with the exception of Ireland, the …
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The law and practice of consent to medical intervention
… qualitative interview study exploring health care professionals' opinions on consent in primary care.</li> <li>A qualitative interview study exploring health care professionals' opinions on consent in secondary care.</li> <li>A qualitative interview study exploring patients' perspectives on …
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